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What happened this week
This week came down to Friday. For four days the portfolio went up a little and back again. Then, on a day the stock market fell, it made the whole week's gain.
Monday was the third in a row with the portfolio in one fund outside the stock market. Conditions still read as against stocks, so the list was the same as the week before, and there was nothing to buy or sell.
The fund gained on Monday and Tuesday while the market slipped, then gave it back over Wednesday and Thursday, and closed on Thursday at exactly the price it opened at on Monday. On Friday the market fell more than a percent and the fund rose, so the week closed at +1.4% against the market's -2.0%. Nothing was traded in between, because the list only changes on a Monday.
In a week like this the fund is the whole answer, and its price doesn't follow stocks. Friday was the clearest case: the two went opposite ways, and that one day made up most of the gap between the portfolio and the market. The first four days made up the rest, with the fund back at level while the market drifted lower.
I'm happy with this one. The portfolio is ahead of the market again over the day, the week, the month and since January, and last Saturday the month was the one where it trailed. It was a small gain, and small gains can compound over time.
Three weeks into this stretch in the fund, two have finished ahead of the market and one a little behind it.
How did your own portfolio do this week? Tell me in the comments.
The record
On Dub the record reads $64,216, from the $30,000 I put in on January 12, and the week added $893 from Monday's open. It's my own money, and you can check every trade on Dub.
Next Monday
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